Nol 6, ~ No.6 ogo Vancouver, British Columbia Friday, February 7, 1947 Five Cents A gigantic province-wide publicity-educational campaign, consisting of radio. broadcasts, public meetings and newspaper advertisements has been undertaken by the B.C. Federation of Labor (CCL) and the Trades and Labor Congress’ provincial exec-} cil (TLC) gave unanimous support to a resolution utive. Purpose of the campaign is to win popular. pub- lic support for labor’s joint proposals to tne govern- ment contained in the brief presented to the cabinet last month. This week, Vancouver Trades and Labor Coun- (Continued on Page 8 — See LOBBY) Fred Rose’s brief to parliament suppressed by King government OTTAWA—Fear of political reprisals and fail- ure of members to grasp how they were jeopardizing their own rights contributed to the astounding politi- cal spectacle in the capital last week when not one member rose to ask that the brief prepared by Fred Rose, imprisoned Labor-Progressive member, be (Continued on Page 8 — See FRED ROSE) LPP urg lament is to be any more than “political shadow boxing im preparation for a snap fed- €ral election,” it must take decisive action “on the big questions of peace, foreign trade, housing, price and pro- fits control, civil rights and the People’s welfare.” _ Text of the statement read, In part: Clean-cut legislative action _to meet the urgent needs of e¢ Canadian people is de- manded from this session of Parliament, The average Ca- Radian is in no mood to put Up with hot air and partisan °g-rolling as the substitute for homes, price and profit es House act on price controls, civil rights ; TORONTO.—Adoption of price control measures to roll back living costs, 'ntroduction of a national labor codé and enactment of a Bill of Rights are {Mong the demands advanced by the Labor-Progressive Party in a statement 'ssued here this week, The statement declares that if the présent session of par- control, and a policy of genu- ine action for international peace. The common people are in- dignant and alarmed at the rapidly rising cost-of-living, soaring monopoly profits and callous neglect of veterans’ housing, The people sense the approach of economic .depres- sion, They rightly demand action from the government and parliament. This session of parliament, if it is to be anything else but cheap political shadow- boxing in preparation for a snap federal election, must get down to brass tacks on the big questions of peace, foreign trade, housing, price and profits control, civil rights and people’s welfare. International peace, the lift- ing of the burden imposed by swollen expenditures on mili- tarism, Canada’s part in the United Nations are matters of concern to every family. Dis- armament, reduction of mili- tary expenditures, banning of the atom bomb face this par- liamentary session. Parliament, if it respects public opinion, showld very speedily endorse the United Nations disarmament resolu- (Continued on Page 8) See LPP PROGRAM 85 Effigy More than 2,000 Georgia students, angered at the fascists methods of Herman Talmadge, marched to the state capitol, demanded to see the usurper who had seized power, When he refused to invite them in, they hanged him in effigy. US. still aids Kuomintang NEW YORK—(ALN)—American mediation in the Chinese civil war ended officially on January 29. The civil war itself goes on, Most of the shooting is being done with arms the U.S. supplied to only one side in the quarrel—Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang gov- érnment—even while it was mediating. Aid to China has so far cost U.S. taxpayers over $3 billion, ~ It has also been announced that U.S. troops in China will be withdrawn, But the withdrawal affects only units whose work was done once they had assured control of several strategic centers for Chiang Kai-shek, But the U.S. is not out of the civil war. Military personnel who will stay include all those who are actually aiding Chiang’s opera- tions, This applies to about 1700 army officers and men loaned by President Truman as instructors, despite the fact that the China Military Assistance Bill, which sought to legalize the deal, never got through the last session of Congress. About 2000 Marines may also remain at the Tsingtao training base in north China. One possible reason for the move is that Secretary of State George C: Marshall wants to clear American skirts for the forth- coming Moscow conference, where awkward questions may be asked about the troop withdrawal pledges made to other members of the United Nations a year ago. A new international understand- ing on China, and U.N. aid to further efforts for unity, would be the best thing that could happen for the Chinese and American Peoples, as well as for world peace, But such hopes may not be justified. The New York Times, which is pretty close to the U.S. state department, is calling for more support of Chiang Kai-shek, It suggests that, now that America is no longer sitting down at the table with both sides, it will be easier to help Chiang. Labor obtains writ to halt franchise Labor’s campaign for public ownership of hydro-electric developments in the province went into high gear this week with issuance of a Supreme Court writ against Vancouver City Council to quash Bylaw 2966, by which the council entered into a 20-year franchise agreement with the BCElectric over the heads of the people. The injunction was granted by Justice Manson on ap- plication of John Stanton, counsel for John Turner, secre- tary of Vancouver Labor Council (CCL) and the city was given 10 days in which to prepare its case. “So far the city has offered no explanation,” Turner told the Pa- cific Tribune, “except to. declare that airing of the subject will ‘embarrass’ the provincial gov- ernment. We are interested in protecting the interests of the people of Vancouver, not in sav- ing face for the council.” City council’s attitude is that the issue may become embarras- sing because the legislature may become embarrassing because the legislature may be hesitant in ratifying the bylaw if there is an action pending against it. “A city-wide plebiscite on the issue is what is needed,” Turner asserted this wek. “The people of Burnaby, Victoria, Saanich, and Esquimalt have already voted overwhelmingly against privately- owned transportation systems. The 72 percent vote in favor of re- jecting the BCElectric franchise is indicative of the people’s feel- ing. The city council] fears the verdict of a popular plebiscite.” Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial leader, declared this week, “What is needed is unity of progressive forces—trade unions, people’s org- anizations, LPP and CCF, to see that the popular desire for a pub- licly-owned transportation system gets favofable government action.”